Meet our Leaders
Our leadership team is responsible for organizing knowledge-sharing around gender diversity and inclusion issues among AIB members, as well as facilitating professional development for women educators in the IB field.
Below, you’ll find background details on each of our team members, our leadership roles and responsibilities, and contact information to help you connect with us online.
For information on WAIB’s previous leaders, please visit our Past Executive Boards page.
Dana Minbeava
WAIB President
WAIB President
The WAIB President oversees all Shared Interest Group functions, including member outreach, event coordination, and financial management.
Dana Minbaeva
Dana Minbaeva is a Professor of Human Resource Management at King’s Business School. Her research on strategic international HRM has appeared in such top international journals as Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Human Resource Management, and many others. Dana has published over 50 articles in international peer reviewed journals, numerous book chapters and reports. She received several national and international awards to research achievements, including the prestigious JIBS Decade Award 2013. She is the Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB).
Dana is actively involved in the MBA and executive teaching at various European business schools. Previously, she has taught in Denmark, Kazakhstan, Russia, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan, Finland and Germany as well as having held visiting research positions in the UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada. Dana is a founder and research partner of Nordic Human Capital Advisory ApS.
Dana has extensive editorial experience. Currently she serves as Journal of International Business Studies’ Area Editor. She is also on the Editorial Boards for top international journals such as Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of World Business, among others. She currently serves as a Board member at the EIASM, a Vice-President Administration at the AIB Executive Board, President of Women in AIB, and the Ombudsperson at the Strategic Management Society.
Saba Colakoglu
Vice-President
Vice-President
The Vice-President assists the President with responsibilities designated by the President, and partners with other Executive Board members on their duties and tasks as needed. The Vice-President is also responsible for managing WAIB awards (e.g. Woman of the Year, Emerging Scholar) including their eligibility requirements, nomination processes, and implementation.
Saba Colakoglu
Dr. Saba Colakoglu is a Lecturer in the Organizational Behavior group at the Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, U.S.A. She received her PhD in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations in 2009. Saba teaches and conducts research in areas related to human resource management and organizational behavior with a cross-cultural and international focus. Her research in these areas appeared in such journals as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Organizational Behavior, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management Journal, International Business Review, Thunderbird International Business Review, and Journal of Global Mobility in addition to numerous book chapters and conference proceedings.
Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Saba was on the faculty of Berry College in Rome, Georgia as a tenured Associate Professor of Management and before her academic career, she worked as a Human Resource Management professional at Nokia Networks focusing on selection and talent development.
In addition to her teaching and research, Saba serves on the editorial review boards of International Journal of Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management Review, and Journal of Global Mobility. She has been serving on the board of Women in Academy of International Business (WAIB) since 2017.
Lyn Amine
Secretary-Treasurer
Secretary-Treasurer
The Secretary-Treasurer is responsible for keeping the minutes of WAIB Executive Committee and Annual Business Meetings, the distribution of any written materials intended for circulation among the WAIB membership, the active solicitation of funds from relevant institutions to support WAIB activities, and managing WAIB account balances, including the general operating funds and the Helping Hands scholarship funds, as well as providing an annual report of finances to members of the Executive Board.
Lyn Amine
Lyn S. Amine is Professor Emerita of Marketing and International Business at Saint Louis University and holds a PhD in International Marketing from the University of Bradford School of Management in Great Britain. Lyn is a Distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Marketing Science, Senior Fulbright Scholar in Bahrain and Morocco, and held visiting positions at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman and the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea. Lyn has published in Journal of International Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, International Business Review, and International Marketing Review. Her research interests are cross-cultural consumer marketing, country image, women entrepreneurs, and sustainable development, with a regional focus on MENA markets. Lyn currently serves on AIB’s International Marketing Task Force and is an Editorial Board member of the Journal of International Marketing. As Past President of WAIB, Lyn has served as Communications Officer and is presently Secretary / Treasurer.
Tanvi Kothari
Events-Membership Officer
Events-Membership Officer
WAIB’s Events-Membership Officer is responsible for mentoring program assistance, membership promotion, and events coordination.
Tanvi Kothari
Tanvi Kothari (Temple University, PhD) is Professor of International Business and Strategic Management in the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business at San Jose State University (SJSU). Extensively published in leading International Business journals – Journal of World Business, Journal of International Management, Management International Review, Journal of Management Education etc.. She serves on the Editorial Board for Journal of International Management, International Journal of Emerging Markets, and Journal of Asia Business Studies. Dr. Kothari contributes substantially as a scholar and is passionate about serving the International Business academic community. Currently, she serves as the Events and Membership Officer on the WAIB Board and has also served as a Communications Officer (2019-21) and Mentor for the WAIB Mentor program. She is the co-track chair for the Emerging markets and emerging market MNEs track for the AIB 2022 Annual Conference and served as Gender & Diversity co-track chair for the AIB 2021 Annual Conference. She is the treasurer for the Academy of International Business – US West Chapter and has also served as its membership director for two years. In the past, she has served as the Chair of the Membership Committee of the Academy of Management – International Management division.
Dr. Kothari’s area of research interests includes – innovations originating in emerging markets, migrant entrepreneurship and strategic impact of adoption of various technologies on different types of organizations including educational institutions, hotels and destination marketing organizations. Currently, Dr. Kothari is involved in multiple research projects involving study of Women Entrepreneurs from India, China, Philippines and the U.S. She is also evaluating the impact of migration on international entrepreneurship. In her role as a faculty member she has led many initiatives to globalize the campus and led study abroad programs. She is the SJSU’s 2020-21 Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project and also the 2013-14 Salzburg Fellow. Prior to joining SJSU in 2012, Dr. Kothari was a faculty member at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and an Instructor at the Fox School of Business, Temple University. Dr. Kothari has held management and research positions with international companies and research organizations like Thomas Cook, Philadelphia Marriott, Melrose Hotel Co. and the National Laboratory of Tourism & eCommerce.
Noemi Sinkovics
Communications Officer
Communications Officer
The Communications Officer is responsible for managing WAIB’s email listserv, promoting and maintaining WAIB’s social media presence, maintaining the official SIG website, and supporting the group’s various initiatives, as needed.
Noemi Sinkovics
Noemi Sinkovics is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in International Business at the University of Glasgow, UK. Prior to that she worked at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and the University of Manchester, UK and held a Fox Visiting Scholar position at Temple University, USA. In addition to her role as communication officer at the WAIB board, she is also serving on the board of the AIB UK and Ireland Chapter as Secretary. Noemi is Associate Editor for Critical Perspectives on International Business, a niche journal in the International Business journal landscape (currently, the only journal that exclusively supports critically reflexive discussion of the nature and impact of international business activity around the globe from a number of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives). She is Co-Editor-in-Chief for Data in Brief, an Elsevier Elements Journal.
Her research interests are social, environmental and economic upgrading in global value chains, sustainable development, and theoretical and practical issues around entrepreneurship (including international and social entrepreneurship). Her work has been published in Journal of World Business, International Business Review, International Marketing Review, Journal of Business Research, Management International Review, Journal of International Management, European Journal of International Management, Journal of Interactive Marketing, critical perspectives on international business and as chapter contributions to edited volumes.
Yingying Zhang Zhang
SIG Liaison Officer
SIG Liaison Officer
YingYing Zhang Zhang
YingYing Zhang Zhang is currently a Full Professor of Management at Graduate School of International Management, International University of Japan (IUJ). Prior to her position at IUJ, she was a faculty member at CUNEF, Spain. She has also held several visiting positions as professor and scholar around the world in the US, Mexico, Colombia, UK, and Germany. She publishes frequently research articles in management journals and has written several management books, with the latest one Leadership of Chinese Private Enterprises (2019 Academy of Management George R. Terry Book Award Nomination). She has also been on the editorial review board of Asian Business & Management (2018–present), and the Management and Organization Review (2011–2013, 2015–2017).
Stacey Fitzsimmons
Academic Research Officer
Academic Research Officer
Stacey Fitzsimmons
Stacey Fitzsimmons’ goal is to improve the way people work with others across differences. Her current research examines how immigrants, their descendants, and bicultural employees each contribute to their teams and organizations. For example, when one person can see the world through more than one cultural lens, they can use those lenses to solve problems, build networks across groups, and think differently than people who have one culture. Her research helps organizations value multicultural employees’ skills that often go unrecognized. Stacey’s research has been published in Academy of Management Review, the Journal of International Business Studies, Human Resource Management Review, and Organization Studies. Her awards include the Academy of Management’s International Human Resources Scholarly Research award and the Women in the Academy of International Business (WAIB) Emerging Scholar award. She serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of International Business Studies and Journal of Business Research, and was elected to the position of WAIB Academic Research Officer for 2021-23. She is on the core research team for the GLOBE project, and is currently guest editing a special issue of the Journal of the International Business Studies, called “Rethinking Global Mobility: Challenges and Opportunities for International Business.”
Joan Lilian Ogendo
Chapter Liaison Officer
Chapter Liaison Officer
Joan Lilian Ogendo
Joan Lilian Ogendo, PhD. holds a PhD in Business Administration Strategic Management option and MBA in Strategic Management from The University of Nairobi, Kenya; Bsc. in International Business from US International University-Africa. She is a Senior Lecturer in Strategy and International Business Management; A Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK); An Associate Counselor and a member of the Kenya Counseling and Psychological Association (KCPA); and the Founder & CEO of Emerald-El Jay Management Consultants Ltd. She has corporate work experience in health, finance, audit and manufacturing organizations, both locally and in Multinational Enterprises; as Finance and Administration Manager, General Manager, Senior Auditor and Project Officer in Finance.
Author of two books https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9783319520353 and https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/balanced-scorecard-in-strategy-implementation/isbn/978-3-659-86069-0; and some articles in International Journal of Economics, Business and Management Research; Journal of Strategic Management; Scholars Journal of Economics, Business and Management; Journal of Human Resource & Leadership and Saudi Journal of Business and Management Studies; a Panelist at the IV International Meeting of Management and a Guest Editor of Special Issue article in AD-Minister Journal.
Areas of research interests are strategy implementation, corporate governance, balanced scorecard, emerging markets, corporate strategy, knowledge management, business ethics and the big five personality traits.
Ha Nguyen Thi Thu
Student Member at-Large
Student Member at-Large
Ha Nguyen Thi Thu
I am a Lecturer in International Business at the University of Sussex. My current research agenda focuses on the international growth and investment strategies of multinational corporations, with a particular interest in the foreign divestment antecedents, modes and performance. More recently, I have been working also on corporate social responsibility in emerging markets.
My research has appeared in Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies, and several leading conference proceedings and book chapters such as Academy of International Business Annual Meetings (AIB), AIB UK & Ireland chapter, European International Business Academy (EIBA). My dissertation proposal has won the Neil Hood and Stephen Young Prize awarded for the Most Original New Work in the Doctoral Colloquium sponsored by AIB UKI 2019. Aside from my research projects, I am a peer reviewer of Multinational Business Review.
I was grateful to be a WAIB Student Member at Large position, where I hope to bring my dedication and raise my own voices to provide supports for women community in academia and particularly for junior female researchers from emerging markets.